Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-12-15
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simply part Of the public domain, over which
the land laws have not been extended. and
| within the limits of which no tribunal. civil oil
criminal, has jurisdiction to protect property Of
punish crime.
The land within the limits of this strip is SAID
to be fine for both agricultural and grazing pur
poses. the surface rolling and well watered
| whilst valuable coal deposits have been develop
ed in the western portion. Until lately the
| strip was almost entirely fenced in and con
| troled by a number of foreign cattle companies
But since the breaking up OF illegal Enclosure
and use of the public domain in this manner
| locality.
BY the Appropriation bill of March 8, 1881 f2l
Stat, 451), the sum OF SIS. 900 was appropriated
for running correction lines, guido mcrfdlans
and township lines therein. The sum thus
appropriated was expended as directed and the
township lines run, though the amount allowed
| was scarcely sufficient to complete the lines as
beg to urge that a special appropriation be
made to complete the survey over this tract
An estimate furnished at my request by the
| surveying division of the Land Office states the
amount necessary for the purpose is $4,000, and
It is further important that Congress should
| authorize the establishment of a land office
i central and accessible point, subject to settle
ment under the homestead laws, with the com
should also be placed under some political or
! ganiZation. so that civil and criminal law may
be properly administered therein.
| The peculiar form and situation of the strip
| makes the question of its proper disposal a
/ question of some doubt. 1t is, of course too
| small to organize into separate Territory.
| Its condition. approximating most nearly tic
| that of New Mexico. naturally suggests that II
| should be made part of that Territory subject
| to its laws and government.
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
| TO THE INDIAN TRIBES.
| The liabilities OF the United States to Indian
| tribes under treaty stipulations, taking as the
/ basis. where no specific sums are stated in the
treaties the amounts appropriated last year,
are as follows: Permanent annuit1es, a34925l
IS; temporary annuities for specific periods,
! s',S11 66i.62; temporary annuities payable at
| the pleasure of Congress- or the President,
| Si,T7S.0l1: total, 1895, $3.50.
There was on deposit in the Treasury on No
| vember /, 1896, of the proceeds of sales of In
| dian lands, the sum Of s7,69S, 10. From the
| same source 81, 642 81 were received during
| total of 1884, 1910. Disbursements were made
| from this fund during the same period to the
amount OF es46 6sS =, leaving balance ian to that
/ which 1892, 1873 bear interest in lieu of in
vestment, the remainder. s17a,2 TO- being
4 available for expenditure for benefit OF the In
| dian tribes to whose credit it stands.
| The funds belonging to Indian tribes which
! remain invested in State stocks and other Sc
| curites held by the Treasurer of the United
| States as custodian, amount to S1,79S, 016 .S32s
| The additional sum of IS. 900 is carried In.
vested in bonds distracted. The interest on
| the invested funds is paid regularly only
| on S2S0,O00 bonds of the United
| States issued to the Union Pacific railroad and
| IS, 35o.17 Maryland State stocks. On all of the
balance, 81 593 66Sas, except 81 900 represent
| ed by an distracted bond Indiana stocks in
terest is annually appropriated by Congress to
the amount of s9f,940. During the past year
the United States has been reimbursed to the
extent of s1G2.S so on account of such appropria-
lions, as follows: BY s., $50 withheld by the
treasury from payments due the State of
Louisiana; 5000 paid by the North Carolina
Railroad Company on certain North Carolina
State stocks; and s153,54o paid by the Nash
vile & Chattanooga Railroad Company being
unpaid interest on s512, 900 Tennessee stocks
already redeemed.
Portions of the St1fe Stocks held m q
tured but remain unpaid as follows: Virginia,
81 600; North Carolina s19i, 900; South Carolina,
1925 900; Florida, Sl32GO0; Tennessee, a210, $685..
Coz. Total, 65966s .66ez.
PENSIONS.
The report of the Commissioner of Pensions
presented herewith. discloses very satisfac-
tory condition of affairs in the management of
that bureau, and evidences greatly Increased
efficiently, and shows a diminished expendi-
ture, l. E., while the payments have increased,
and while the volume of work has been greatly
enlarged, the expenses thereof have been d.
minished. clerk-hire has been less, and all the
incidental expenses have been decreased. while
the number of pensions allowed has been in
creased.
In addition to the suggestions made by the
Commissioner of Pensions, my attention has
been called to the fact that, under existing
laws, dependent orphan children of deceased
can not have such pension Continued Beyond
the age Of 16, regardless of their physical or
mental condition. There are a few instances
in which such children are physically and
mentality utterly inoapacitated for earning
their own livelihood, and in instances where
it is made clearly to appear that the condition
OF mental imbecility or insanity, or such
feebleness of mind or body, exists as to make
these children utterly helpless for earning
their own livelihood. it seems right that pen
sion should be continued to them for a longer
period
the Commissioner of Pensions, and submitted
through this depart emit and the Treasury, I
have examined critically, and believe that they
are framed with due regard to economy and to
the needs of the service. respectfully sug-
geSt that they be made without curtailment
They evince a careful study of the needs of the
pension system, the probable outlay for the
ensuing year, and the cost OF the bureau IN all
its details
In addition to the recommendation of tn Q
Commissioner of Pensions. L would suggest
that widows who may remarry, and who may
subsequently become widows or be divorced
without fault upon their part, should have
their pensions revived to them tor the period
of such second widowhood.
As the chief of this bureau is a soldier dis
| tinguished for his gallant services and suffer-
ings in the cause of the Union have con-
fided to him the exclusive management there
of, and although his policy has at all times
had my approval. to him is due the credit
for the success which has marked its admin
istration.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The Commissioner of Patents urgently re-
news the recommendation of his predecessor
that the Patent once be furnished with more
rooms and greater facilities and that the model
hall and library rooms be restored and
repaired. 1t is the opinion OF those most con-
| and convenience to the Office force due to the
| present arrangement of rooms-the inconve-
nience, discomforts and lack of facilities, and
| the remoteness of divisions from each other,
etc,-if properly economical and applied, would
furnish a sum sufficient to pay for the rental of
a building adquate to the needs OF the bureau
| in this city.
Ina letter to me, dated September ], 1887,
| the commissioner says:
| regret to be compelled to report serious
defacation in the office of the financial clerk
| of this bureau when it was in charge OF the
| late Mr.. Levi Bacon. HIS death, which oc-
CURED on the 22d of June, 1887, necessitated a
settlement of his accounts, and an investiga-
| ton disclosed the fact that there existed a
shortage of S31. 091 81.
| THE total shortage is:
Actual cash unaccounted for. $50 60
Represented in due bills, etc.. -. 1901 OF
| Total ......................S31 ,091 g.
From the aggregate of these due bills,
etc, there has since been collected =.
the sum OF. SS.6bS "
| Leaving the present deficiency. S22, ~ 81
NH e. 70 hnl,n hat n n o.